LFF 2020 Review: Herself – “An enjoyable piece of modern cinema”
The first ten minutes of Phyllida Lloyd’s Herself lay out an unfortunately familiar story: Irish single mother Sandra (Clare Dunne, also...
Read MoreTENET: An A-Z explainer of the year’s most confusing movie
We get it. You’re busy. TENET is both the first BIG movie back in cinemas in 2020 and also the most complicated. You don’t...
Read MoreTENET – Everything we know so far
Fans of Christopher Nolan’s films wait with bated breath for the director’s eleventh movie to arrive in cinemas. With...
Read MoreBreaking Down The 1917 Debate
The film industry loves a good argument. Recent release 1917, Sam Mendes’s (potential Oscar-winning) movie has ignited discourse...
Read MoreReview: Little Women – “A stunning portrayal of how women live and love”
“I’ve been angry every day of my life” states Laura Dern’s Marmee, in a brief moment of candidness, midway through...
Read MoreLFF 2019 Review: Une Fille Facile (An Easy Girl) – “You won’t find a better coming-of-age tale this year”
Since making the brilliant but under-seen Planetarium in 2016, Rebecca Zlotowski seemed to be lying low. Instead, it’s now apparent...
Read MoreLFF 2019 Review: The Report – “A spectacular and necessary piece of cinema”
It’s what many of us hope for, the knowledge that based-on-a-true-story cinema can do more than entertain, it can actually redress...
Read MoreLFF 2019 Review: Bad Education – “Dripping with righteous anger”
The sound of Greta Thunberg’s name is enough to make most cheer and some fume. As the poster child for the climate change movement,...
Read MoreLFF 2019 Review: The Peanut Butter Falcon – “A wonder to behold”
It’s not often that a film conveys the feeling of being really dirty. Not the gritty city realism of a kitchen-sink drama, nor...
Read MoreReview: Downton Abbey – “Fun, silly, moving, and at times, downright pacy”
It’s a very particular kind of drug, with a diminishing supply – can you get high on aristocracy? The snobbery, manners,...
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